Texas and Region

Thursday

A Texas woman says a pastor who’s accused of stealing valuable items from her house knew she wasn’t home and that the clergywoman’s excuse she was trying to protect her belongings is unbelievable.

In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Wednesday, Serita Agnew said she was “devastated and in disbelief” when Dallas police told her they had arrested Sandy McGriff on Christmas Eve after she climbed through a broken window at Agnew’s home and removed two fur coats.

CRANE

Police said a man was arrested after a fire burned most of a church complex of four connected buildings.

Tuesday’s fire at Faith in Christ church was one of five within a period of about three hours in this small West Texas town. Officials were trying to determine whether the fires are related.

Crane police Chief J.D. Smith said 25-year-old Steven Scott Cantrell, arrested Tuesday night, is charged with arson relating to the church fire. Smith said bond had not yet been set and he did not know whether Cantrell had an attorney.

HOUSTON

Houston police say the body of a baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached was found in a box near a trash bin at a gated apartment complex.

Houston police Sgt. Will Gonzales said a maintenance worker found the box Tuesday morning near an overflowing trash bin.

Gonzales said the worker didn’t look in the box, but placed it in a golf cart to move it to another bin. When the box fell off the cart, the body fell out.

Gonzales said he believes the child was born Monday night or early Tuesday.

Compiled from wire reports

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